User:Houda Belkassem
Houda Belkassem was born on June 07, 1989 in Rabat (Morocco), E-Learning Engineer; she has a master’s degree in multimedia instructional design from Abdelmalek Essaadi University. She have a past work experience in IT companies as a Junior Project Manager. Actually, she works as an Adjunct Professor at the university in parallel, she's an Internet Policy Analyst (IPA) into Internet Governance Program—MENA Region (IGMENA) her mission is about publishing write-ups policy analysis on igmena.org, which covers key Internet policy issues and how to address them in a multistakeholder environment.
She intervened in various National Radio Sessions on the topic related to Internet Governance in Morocco. Houda Belkassem has attended several international training, ICT conferences and capacity-building program dedicated to Internet policies, Advocacy strategies, laws and human rights, freedom of expression and protection of privacy among them:
• Alumna of the Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance (MEAC-SIG) organized by ICANN and hosted by ISOC Tunisia Chapter, Tunisia, May 2015.
• Workshop in Istanbul-Turkey about “Advocacy strategies and political arguments ways” facilitated by international center for policy and advocacy (ICPA) and Hivos, August 2015.
• Online capacity building program on Internet Governance Middle East special edition organized by Hivos Program IGMENA in collaboration with DiploFoundation, September to November 2015.
• Introducing the Internet Policy Analyst Project (case of Morocco) with IGMENA Program on the National Radio, October 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLEuiFdvZu8
• Arab IGF4, Beirut-Lebanon, under the umbrella of the ESCWA-UN: I had the chance to contribute as a speaker about "building digital trust for sustainable development" Moroccan case, December 2015.
• Second intervention on National Radio about “social media and its impact on society” case of Morocco, January 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY9RBpmTFjs
• IGMENA Hangout: I have participated as a speaker in IGMENA Monthly Hangout about “VoIP vs. Mobile Networks: Disruptive Threat or Innovative Opportunity?”, February 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYzSo3UM26o
• ICANN55 Participation Marrakech Morocco, March 2016.
• IGMENA Summit - Tunisia: Contribution as a speaker about "Data protection and privacy in regional level" (case of Morocco and Algeria), September 2016.
• ICANN57 Fellow, Hyderabad – India, November 2016.